Shyamalan Mulls Unbreakable Sequel
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Shyamalan cast himself as the savior of mankind in Lady in the Water. If that doesn't show how much of a huge ego he has I don't know what does!
I think Shymalan should win 'South Park's Douchebag of the Universe award.
What a douche.
What a douche.
Should have done the sequel a couplf of years ago.
"They called me Mr. Glass!"
"They called me Mr. Glass!"
Never understood his attitude with Unbreakable "no-one's done realistic comic books before" or "no-one's treated superheroes seriously" or whatever. They have, they do it all the time, maybe if he read a comic he'd know that.
Other than that, the film's pretty good, but just having text at the end telling you what happens is like sticking two fingers up and saying "yeah, the movie's over, deal with it."
I am unexcited about a sequel to say the least.
Other than that, the film's pretty good, but just having text at the end telling you what happens is like sticking two fingers up and saying "yeah, the movie's over, deal with it."
I am unexcited about a sequel to say the least.
Probably, but he specifically mentions comics books, and since Unbreakable isn't even based on a comic book, then I sort of took it as superhero stories in general. I might be doing him something of a disservice though.
I took him to mean that Unbreakable the movie has been growing more popular since it came out, which I think is very true. When it hit the theaters, it seemed like a disappointment because it stood in the enormous shadow of The Sixth Sense. But I think that as people who didn't see it in the theater have discovered it in the following years, it has had a steady growth in respect & popularity. I know I didn't see it until it came out on DVD, and I really have a hard time deciding if it's my favorite or not.
That said, I really don't want a sequel. I loved how it ended, and I think a sequel - especially considering the quality MNS has been putting out lately - could very likely cast a taint on a very solid, lovely film.
I can't stand this guy. What a goddamn windbag.
I was never overly fond of The Sixth Sense, but I thought Signs was fairly decent. At least, the last 10 minutes were entertaining. Unbreakable, The Village and - God save us - The Lady in the Water were terrible beyond all belief.
I saw The Happening last week, and that too was a steaming pile of garbage. I'd say it was even worse than The Lady in the Water, which shouldn't be possible.
Seriously, this guy is worse than Uwe Boll. At least Boll doesn't think he's good and doesn't wrap his films up as pretentious AAA blockbusters.
If you only liked one of his movies (okay, and ten minutes of another) why do you keep going to see them?
(But yeah, he sucks.)
^ Why did Stewey spend all his time online bitching about how bad Enterprise was yet watched every episode religiously and knew more about it than the biggest fans just so he could meet his self-fulfulling prophecy and bitch some more? Why does stj do the same with Heroes and Battlestar Galactica? Welcome to the Internet. 
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Tulin & StarTrek1701,
What you just posted in this thread is completey irrelevant to this discussion, and you know it.
This I agree on wholeheartedly: that man's score was the ONLY redeeming thing about The Village, and I mean the ONLY thing. The violin solos--SO GOOD!
That movie was so bad that my friends and I, when we went to see it, quickly ended up MST3King it right there in the theater and annoying the hell out of everyone else around us. By the time the "monsters" showed up, we were laughing our heads off.
Shyamalan is a pretentious, self-important gasbag. So was Orson Welles, though, so being a pompous arrogant prick doesn't make you any less of a director.
I think MNS has made a couple of absolute masterpieces, like Unbreakable and Signs, as well as one of film's great ghost stories, TSS. His other films have been disappointing at best.
Still, he's clearly enormously talented, and I think we'll see more brilliance from him in the future. As some others have said, his own writing can be his downfall. I'd like to see him adapt someone else's stuff, a novel or screenplay and see how he does. Tarantino did just that after Pulp Fiction by adapting the novel Rum Punch into the movie Jackie Brown, which is probably my favorite QT film.
I think MNS has made a couple of absolute masterpieces, like Unbreakable and Signs, as well as one of film's great ghost stories, TSS. His other films have been disappointing at best.
Still, he's clearly enormously talented, and I think we'll see more brilliance from him in the future. As some others have said, his own writing can be his downfall. I'd like to see him adapt someone else's stuff, a novel or screenplay and see how he does. Tarantino did just that after Pulp Fiction by adapting the novel Rum Punch into the movie Jackie Brown, which is probably my favorite QT film.
Agreed, I love going into the theatre knowing I have no idea what the movie's really going to be about, always lots to ponder when you leave. He's definitely one of my favorite working directors.
^ Why did Stewey spend all his time online bitching about how bad Enterprise was yet watched every episode religiously and knew more about it than the biggest fans just so he could meet his self-fulfulling prophecy and bitch some more? Why does stj do the same with Heroes and Battlestar Galactica? Welcome to the Internet.
I don't watch Shyamalan's movies so I can bitch about them. I watch them because, in a one line summary, each one sounds fascinating and potentially awesome, so I can almost convince myself that maybe it'll actually be awesome. It's not like I skulk around the internet trolling Shyamalan threads, and if you weren't so concerned with taking a cheap shot you'd see I'm not the only one in this thread who has seen his movies and doesn't like most of them.
I really don't see how a solitary post in a Shyamalan thread - one of the first times I've posted in a thread about him or his films in my 7 years on TrekBBS - makes me a candidate for a comparison to the infamous Stewey. There's a thread right now where our fellow posters are slamming The Happening over in SF&F. You'll note that there has not been a single contribution from myself, despite my singling out The Happening as the worst of Shyamalan's films. If your assumption was correct, and I was a stereotypical internet geek who actively sought out opportunities to bitch and moan about everythingI don't like at every given opportunity, I should be an active contributor in such a thread. But I'm not. So you're wrong,
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I just thought it was interesting that you'd seen all six of them despite hating most of them, but I see what you mean about them all sounding interesting and potentially awesome on paper. Maybe that's why people keep giving him chances (than and The Sixth Sense being so heavily hyped when it first came out.)
But I do think you secretly troll ShymalanBBS.com under an assumed name.
But I do think you secretly troll ShymalanBBS.com under an assumed name.
unimatrix7, while the poster did quote you and ask you specifically, my response wasn't really meant to be directed at you and was about internet usage in general. Because usually when you ask why someone is being stupid, the response is, "because it's the internet."
On a side note, with Unbreakable, isn't Shyamalan the last director who was able to keep Samuel L. Jackson from going Al Pacino overboard with the overacting and yelling?
On a side note, with Unbreakable, isn't Shyamalan the last director who was able to keep Samuel L. Jackson from going Al Pacino overboard with the overacting and yelling?
